Hey Salamence,
I was wondering how you guys handle failure?
This can be a tough one when you're first starting out, and, if you're a perfectionist (like myself), then sometimes it just feels like failure is
not an option. However, this can also cause you to just not take action at all, which in itself, is of course a failure.
There was actually one funny trick I used for two weekends of going out in a row that actually really helped me. I still was not consistently able to do a cold approach at the time, and I decided that it was due to my fear of failure. So do you know what I did?
I decided that I was going to approach as many girls as I could that weekend with the INTENTION of failing.
That's right. I made it my goal to fail in as many
different ways as possible when approaching so that a "success" for me was actually a "failure." In some situations, I got blown out instantly, and this actually made me smile. In other instances, I would get as far as deep-diving and then purposely say something stupid and out of the blue just to make her walk away. I think I decided each weekend that I would need to fail at least 10-15 times to be satisfied.
Once you fail (or in my case, succeed) enough times, you realize that failure is just a learning tool. I noticed that each time I was failing, I was able to get further into the seduction. So while at the beginning of this cycle I was failing right on the openers, most of my later "fails" were occurring after movement and deep-diving. Approaching started to become a non-issue after experiencing the worst of it enough times -- and you realize that the worst of it isn't even all that bad!
So I guess the point of this message is to
put yourself in a position to expose yourself to failure. Women are the one area in your life that you will not be able to just read up everything on or watch videos on and then go out into the field and succeed instantaneously. You will need to fail in order to succeed. Expose yourself to it early, and you will benefit.
I hope this helps!
- Franco